Lipstick Stain

How can he be so sure? He has no intention of doing anything, right? What is he planning? Why did his entire focus suddenly shift to me instead of his return? Is this related to his company or to ours?

I hope not. I hope I'm wrong. He's Ariah's father. I don't want to be angry with him if I can help it. We can also do co-parenting once I gather the courage to tell him about Ariah.

So I hope we don't have any reasons to be at odds with each other. I don't want to change how I see him.

I thought Arik was just joking when he said he would stay in my office until I had free time, but I was wrong.

While I had back-to-back meetings, he was like a dog following me everywhere I went. It's a good thing that Percepta has a connection with Florida INC, so it's not too weird.

But what if there was no connection? What if he's always here for no reason? Gods.

"Aren't you going back to your office? You've been here all day, Arik. Don't you have anything im